My Cultivation Starting from Archery

Upon the stage, Chen Sansi exhaled a breath of turbid air.

The situation had come to this point; this man, he absolutely had to be killed.

Even if he didn't kill him, just winning the match, he at least had to injure his opponent severely.

After this Wen guy left, he would definitely keep causing endless trouble, and it wasn't impossible that he would eventually target family members. Could he just keep tolerating this?

Since he would have to kill eventually,

It was best to do it upon the stage!

To kill righteously and openly.

That way, at least his opponent's father, a Martial Saint, wouldn't dare to retaliate openly. That would be enough.

With things having escalated to this point, what was there to worry about offending someone?

The fourth round of the tournament also ended quickly.

Unconsciously, he had made it to the final match.

Before the last platform competition, there were two hours of rest.

Chen Sansi simply found a spot to sit down and closed his eyes to rest his spirit.

[Cultivation Technique: Unity Spear Technique (Small Achievement)]

[Progress: 329/2000]

The recent days of cultivation, coupled with today's martial contest, were all quickly improving his proficiency, but it was still far from the Great Success of Refining Internal Organs.

Not long after he had decided the victor, the other two participants in the semi-finals also determined a winner.

Due to Lu Shuhua's previous injury, Princely Heir Cao Fan won with barely any effort.

"He, he killed Wen Qiushi?"

On hearing the news, raging fury erupted uncontrollably, "Killing a person of this Young Master, it seems he really doesn't consider me a threat. Having received the imperial edict twice, he really thinks he's a high official of the court. He's just a third-rank official after all!"

"Young Master, he's too arrogant. We can kill him, but what gives him the right to kill our people!"

Yin Hanwen, having witnessed the entire process, grew increasingly hateful, "You didn't see it in the martial contest just now. In order to have enough time to kill Brother Wen, he even, even jammed Brother Wen's mouth with his spear first… Young Master, if he dares to kill Wen Qiushi today, he will dare to kill me tomorrow! And even later… it's not impossible for him to rebel.

"Young Master, this man must not be left alive, he will definitely become a major threat to our Great Sheng Dynasty!"

"Despicable, despicable!"

"If it were me just now, even if I couldn't kill him, I could have at least won this stage of the competition. It's just that I was shot by an arrow while on the mountain and got injured."

He too had achieved the Refining Internal Organs Perfection, just a thread away from Hua Jin.

He was behind a tree on the mountain, completely unguarded, and that's how he had been shot by an arrow.

"You're saying he killed Wen Qiushi within five rounds?"

Once Cao Fan calmed down, he became even more curious about the detailed process, "Explain to me in detail, what was his spear technique like?"

"I can't recognize it; it's unlike any spear technique used in the Great Sheng Army."

Yin Hanwen recalled carefully, but with his understanding, it was hard to explain clearly, "Young Master, there's no need, right? With your power and influence, you can easily crush him no matter what. Is it necessary to understand the routines of his spear technique?"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"The platform is akin to a battlefield; when facing the enemy, how can one afford to underestimate the opponent?"

After all, Cao Fan was a member of the Imperial Family, naturally endowed with an inherent disdain for others, which was normal given his status, but it didn't mean he would be careless or underestimate his opponent; these two aspects did not conflict.

He spoke in a deep voice, "This man has come this far, not solely by luck. His spear technique must be extraordinary.

"Although theoretically, I have a realm suppression over him, it's still best to know both the enemy and myself, to prevent capsizing in a ditch."

"The Young Master truly has the wisdom of an emperor!"

Yin Hanwen lamented, "It's just that I really couldn't make it out."

"Hmm."

Cao Fan did not blame him but looked towards Pei Tiannan on the city wall, muttering to himself, "If Governor Pei could explain it to me, that would be great."

At the Martial Saint Realm, observing lower realm martial artists, one could generally see through their cultivation technique, regardless of how exquisite it might be, at least understanding the opponent's general approach, so as not to be caught off guard in actual combat, able to seek out flaws more calmly and find an opportunity to win.

Unfortunately, he didn't dare to seek help, worried about leaving a bad impression on Sun Xiangzong, needing to remain respectful until he got the method to breakthrough above Martial Saint.

"Enough!"

Cao Fan leaned on his Azure Dragon Crescent Saber, "I'll just be more cautious, and ultimately there's still realm suppression, winning shouldn't be a problem."

He was planning to find a place to rest when an armored soldier approached with a voice as faint as a mosquito's, "Young Master, the general asks for your presence, he says…"

"Oh?"

Cao Fan's eyes brightened, and he immediately followed the soldier away.

...

"It's really unexpected."

"At first, our house thought the final match would be between the Young Master and Lu Shuhua."

"It's already over."

Pei Tiannan spoke solemnly, "Although this Mr. Chen is unmatched in the same realm, he can't possibly be a match for the Young Master. The difference between a small achievement and perfection in Refining Internal Organs is as vast as Blood Refining compared to Bone Training. Really, whether this final martial competition occurs or not doesn't matter, let alone the final bone-touching."

"It's fine to take a look."

Mr. Hou said.

"I think, overcoming realms to win should be equivalent to two Class A."

Sun Xiangzong suddenly spoke, "What do you two think?"

"It should indeed be so."

Pei Tiannan said, with relief, "If Mr. Chen can truly defeat the Young Master, counting it as two Class A wouldn't hurt."

"Indeed."

Mr. Hou agreed, "But if that's how we calculate, wouldn't both end up with six Class A after the bone-touching, with even scores? But isn't there only one champion?"

Sun Xiangzong responded, "Then we'll recognize two."

"Two, Lord Governor, that might not be quite appropriate?"

Pei Tiannan spoke in an inquiring tone, "The champion leader of Selected Point is primarily about the allocation of resources. Over the years, the champions of Selected Point have always had sufficient treasure medicines.

"These treasure medicines are often several hundred to a thousand years old, and harvesting one means one less remains, even the court is in short supply, so how can they spare a second portion?"

Over the years, the champions of Selected Point, though true disciples of the Supervisor, were none other than talents fully cultivated by the court, and they were all trained with the aim of becoming Martial Saints, or at the very least, Generals of the Profound Image Realm.

Therefore, there is an unwritten rule.

After the Selected Point, Inner Sect disciples also have the opportunity to continue competing with the champion leader in military achievements, realm, and so on.

The logic is simple.

This is the army of the court, not of the Sect Disciples.

In the Jianghu Sect, as long as the Sect Master likes a disciple and can suppress the Elders, resources are freely given, even if later it turns out to be a wastrel.

But it's not the same with the army, the army is meant for combat.

If you receive resources, you must make a corresponding contribution.

If you hold the best resources but fail to perform accordingly, you can be replaced by Inner Sect disciples with superior constitutions.

For both True Disciples and Inner Sect Disciples, it's a form of spur and incentive; one cannot lie on past glories to sustain oneself.

There have been successful replacement examples in the past.

Tang Ruoshan was originally an Inner Sect disciple when he first competed in Selected Point, and the then arrogant chief true disciple lost a battle and was replaced by him.

Besides, Selected Point competitions can only determine martial prowess, not the character; subsequent disposition is equally crucial in not granting true inheritance.

There was once a champion of Selected Point, just an entry-level disciple within a year, who began forcefully abducting local women, naturally, his place was also replaced by someone else.

No matter how you look at it, resources are limited; there can only be one True Inheritor.

"I'm getting old, this is my last time taking disciples, what does it matter if I take one more?"

Sun Xiangzong spoke indifferently, "Besides, who needs medicine more than the Cao Family Members?"

"It seems that Supervisor Sun is quite fond of Mr. Chen."

Pei Tiannan, being at the Martial Saint Realm himself, had early noticed that the spear technique was not one of the three common sets circulated in the military, and such has never been seen even in Jianghu; it was a completely new spear technique.

How many people in the world could create their own Cultivation Technique, and amongst those, who used a spear?

Upon thinking, he understood.

He did not retort but smiled and said, "Let's do as Lord Governor says, it is sensible and reasonable."

"Reasonable, indeed reasonable."

Mr. Hou nodded in agreement, "Being able to win across realms, if it was treated the same as fighting opponents of the same realm, it would seem unfair."

While both of them spoke, their expressions were exceptionally relaxed.

The fondness of the Supervisor mattered not when the gap in real power was laid out like this.

A small achievement of Nine Dragon Body in Refining Organ against a Refining Organ Perfection of Dragon Heart Tiger Bone could never win.

Even Sun Xiangzong couldn't cheat in this situation.

As the final contest approached, the Martial Arts Arena gradually became quieter, everyone eagerly anticipating this duel.

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Even several Main Generals participated when they were available.

After all, the victor would become their Junior Sect Brother.

Officially, regardless of the Inner Sect, Outer Sect, or True Disciples, privately they can refer to each other as Sect brothers, but only True Disciples are ranked in a sequence.

Sun Buqi paced back and forth, his palms sweaty: "Can he win?"

"It's tough!"

Meng Guangxin bluntly said, "Cao Fan prides himself but has always trained hard in martial arts, and he is not someone who underestimates his adversaries. That Junior Sect Brother Chen, he has a very small chance of winning."

"What are we to do?"

Sun Buqi spoke anxiously, "We can't seriously let Cao Fan become a disciple to my father, can we?"

He was usually sluggish, but he was not foolish.

The feud between the Sun Family and the Cao Family, was he unaware of it?

But such are the rules of Selected Point; the victor gains the lineage.

This time, there was quite a sentiment that the Cao Family intended to completely devour the Sun Family.

"Senior Brother Seven!"

Sun Buqi approached his seventh brother, Ye Fengxiu, who was pale and slender in a tight-fitting martial outfit, subtly having a gender-neutral feature: "Can't you think of something?"

Senior Brother Seven, Ye Fengxiu, remained silent with his eyes closed.

"Senior Brother Two!'

"Even though I also despise the Cao Family, the difference in our realms is clear, what can we do?"

Senior Brother Two, with a portly figure, looked like a restaurant owner: "I have no solution."

"Senior Sister Nine!"

Senior Sister Nine, Rong Yanqiu, the only female among all the disciples under the Supervisor excluding his biological daughter Sun Li and a rare female General in the world.

In appearance, she seemed to be in her thirties, obviously a soldier but heavily made up and ostentatiously dressed, she toyed with a plum blossom: "This Junior Sect Brother is quite handsome, Senior Sister likes him too, but seriously, I don't have the ability to interfere much, I can't go on stage and help him cheat, can I?

"Why don't you plead with the eldest, he knows much, maybe he has a way to counter Cao Fan's saber technique."

"Eldest Senior Brother…"

Sun Buqi looked around but couldn't find the robust Lu Ji, "Forget it, seeking him won't help either."

"I'll go!"

In the end, it was Senior Brother Five, Meng Guangxin who stood up, cursing, "I really don't want to be called Sect brothers with Cao Family's folk; just the thought disgusts me, disgusts me!"

Rong Yanqiu shouted, "You reckless monk, don't lead our Junior Sect Brother astray!"

Today is the last contest of Selected Point.

They had just arrived back in Liangzhou, especially for this viewing.